# Is @c-openai.com an official openai email domain? **URL:** \ **Category:** Community\ **Tags:** openai\ **Created:** [July 9, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/is-c-openai-com-an-official-openai-email-domain/860589 "2024-07-09T21:40:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jovegiv415](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jovegiv415](https://community.openai.com/u/jovegiv415)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/is-c-openai-com-an-official-openai-email-domain/860589/1 "2024-07-09T21:40:45Z")
Just got an email from someone claiming to be from OpenAI about a project called “OpenAI Trainers Lion Project.” They want me to help come up with questions that cannot be answered by ChatGPT. Sounds cool, but the email came from a weird address: @c-openai.com (and not @openai.com). Not exactly screaming official OpenAI vibes. Is anyone else involved or know anything about the “OpenAI Trainers Lion Project”? ---
**Author:** ![Foxalabs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/foxalabs/32/738355_2.png) [@Foxalabs](https://community.openai.com/u/Foxalabs)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/is-c-openai-com-an-official-openai-email-domain/860589/2 "2024-07-09T22:14:48Z")
Can you please DM me a screenshot of the email, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![PaulBellow](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/paulbellow/32/597962_2.png) [@PaulBellow](https://community.openai.com/u/PaulBellow)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/is-c-openai-com-an-official-openai-email-domain/860589/3 "2024-07-09T22:17:40Z")
Yes, a screenshot would be nice. The WHOIS of the domain shows Squarespace as the host, so likely NOT OpenAI… There’s a reddit thread too saying pretty much the same. A screenshot would be helpful, tho. ---
**Author:** ![Diet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/diet/32/562749_2.png) [@Diet](https://community.openai.com/u/Diet)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/is-c-openai-com-an-official-openai-email-domain/860589/4 "2024-07-09T22:57:11Z")
I think all of them are bogus ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/b/e/3/be32c83076f3057ff02c7cecaf6ba1e5dbf9635c.png) > [C-openai.com [Whois Lookup & Whois History]](https://www.whoxy.com/c-openai.com) the gandi ones could be defensive self-squats, but if true will likely never be used. google domains was bought by squarespace last year, so that’s why it says google here ---
**Author:** ![jovegiv415](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jovegiv415](https://community.openai.com/u/jovegiv415)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/is-c-openai-com-an-official-openai-email-domain/860589/5 "2024-07-10T15:00:36Z")
![Screenshot](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/original/4X/2/f/5/2f5683628cc5ce26589a86bfb1dffcf282bcb440.png) Dears, I uploaded the email I received. The name of individuals are redacted by me because I don’t want to display other people names without their consent. Can you tell me if this project is something legit? Unfortunately, I don’t have any internal contact in OpenAI to ask ---
**Author:** ![EricGT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/ericgt/32/20571_2.png) [@EricGT](https://community.openai.com/u/EricGT)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/is-c-openai-com-an-official-openai-email-domain/860589/6 "2024-07-10T15:07:51Z")
> [@jovegiv415](#): > > Can you tell me if this project is something legit? Unfortunately, I don’t have any internal contact in OpenAI to ask OpenAI staff do not monitor this site so don’t expect to see an official answer in a reply in this topic. However the non-OpenAI moderators have noted that the records for registration of the site are not something they see as valid. In short I would not trust this, nor would I respond to it for now. It could be valid but we have not been advised that it is valid. ---
**Author:** ![rohitoai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/rohitoai/32/210121_2.png) [@rohitoai](https://community.openai.com/u/rohitoai)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/is-c-openai-com-an-official-openai-email-domain/860589/7 "2024-07-16T15:05:36Z")
Hi @jovegiv415 The domain and project are legitimate in this particular reference. Thanks for checking! Rohit ---
**Author:** ![anon10827405](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@anon10827405](https://community.openai.com/u/anon10827405)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/is-c-openai-com-an-official-openai-email-domain/860589/8 "2024-07-16T16:28:45Z")
This isn’t directed towards you specifically but in general: OpenAI **seriously** needs a page that lists all Official OpenAI domains. Using a website like `c-openai.com` to send e-mails for secretive-ish projects is awful and opens the door for scammers. I will eat a shoe if there aren’t scam emails replicating this using a wide variety of `{}openai{}.com` emails now. ---
**Author:** ![EricGT](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/ericgt/32/20571_2.png) [@EricGT](https://community.openai.com/u/EricGT)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/is-c-openai-com-an-official-openai-email-domain/860589/10 "2024-07-16T22:50:37Z")